Sundog Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Freak Out! beer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 (edited) Zappa on Steve Allen http://youtube.com/watch?v=9OkaecV_O3A and http://youtube.com/watch?v=gziIMi2nqY8&feature=related Edited January 20, 2008 by J.H. Deeley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Zappa on Mike Douglas http://youtube.com/watch?v=4dXTifyOu3Y&feature=related and http://youtube.com/watch?v=8i-ilfShB0g&feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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7/4 Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 (edited) Joe Pass, Tommy Tedesco and Frank Zappa. . Edited March 21, 2008 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 SCOTT THUNES. REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT? . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 This cover always put me in mind of Alice Kooper, for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 (edited) ... Edited December 22, 2008 by Teasing the Korean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabgrass Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 To me, if he has a "masterwork", it is Uncle Meat--in the original LP version, (not the CD version with the really long, unlistenable film dialogue plunked down in the middle). It may not be a masterwork on the level of the great masterworks of world musical history. To me, his "masterwork" was his final album, Civilization Phaze III. It's one of those things that's gonna take the world many, many years to catch up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 "The modern day dead man refuses to compose." - Allen Lowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 April 9, 2008 Frank Zappa's Widow Sues German Fan Club By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 1:45 p.m. ET DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) -- Frank Zappa's widow is trying to stop a German fan club from using the Grammy-winning rocker's name for its annual ''Zappanale'' festival. Gail Zappa says the German-based Arf Society's use of Zappa's name and an accompanying logo infringe on trademarks held by the Zappa Family Trust. The logo features a prominent mustache similar to that sported by the legendary musician. The Arf Society says the trust has been aware of its use of the name since the festival was launched in 1998. A state court in Duesseldorf began hearing the case Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porter_esq Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Something I haven't read here is Zappa's sociological resonance. The stupid lyrics (Bwana Dik, poop chute) are not there to merely grace us with their presence. They are cultural artifacts of life in 20th century America. These words (many of them) were produced by our society itself and Zappa only chose to remind us of our blossoming disintellect, our unabated consumerism, our downfall as a nation. Here we all are in 2008. Was he wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Anybody pick-up Zappa Plays Zappa? 5 disc mix of CD & DVD released today on Razor & Tie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 what are the performances from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 (edited) May 7, 2008 Baltimore offered native Frank Zappa bust; will they accept? By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 2:41 p.m. ET This undated photo provided by Saulius Paukstys, shows a cast used to create a replica of a bust of musician Frank Zappa in an art studio in Vilnius, Lithuania. The original bust, which typically sits in a public square in Vilnius, can be seen in the background. Paukstys, longtime president of a Zappa fan club, was in Baltimore Wednesday May 7, 2008, to pitch the Zappa bust to the city's public art commission. (AP Photo/Saulius Paukstys) BALTIMORE (AP) -- Frank Zappa, who sang about ''Plastic People,'' has been cast in bronze. Again. In 1995, a quirky bunch of Lithuanian artists and intellectuals managed to erect a bust of the eccentric rocker in downtown Vilnius, the capital of the former Soviet republic. Now, they want to place a replica in Zappa's hometown. Saulius Paukstys, longtime president of a Zappa fan club, was in Baltimore on Wednesday to pitch the Zappa bust to the city's public art commission. ''It's carved already, and it's ready to be shipped to the U.S.,'' said Arturas Baublys, a public relations consultant and Zappa admirer who made the trip with Paukstys. ''Whenever Baltimore says, 'OK,' and gives us an address to ship it to, we pack it and we ship it on our costs. And that's a nation of three and a half million giving a present to the United States.'' Before the initial sculpture was erected, there was no known connection between Zappa and Lithuania. The mustachioed, antiestablishment musician was born in Baltimore to an Italian immigrant father and died of prostate cancer in 1993 at age 52, never having visited the Baltic state. But his music was popular among the Lithuanian avant-garde, particularly in the immediate aftermath of the country's independence in 1990 from the Soviet Union. Paukstys, an art photographer, launched the fan club and even set up an art exhibit with imagined correspondence between himself and Zappa, whom he had never met. The club commissioned the bust from Konstantinas Bogdanas, a respected sculptor who cast many portraits of Lenin during the Soviet era. And members managed to persuade the mayor and city council to place it in a public square, in front of the Belgian embassy. ''It was just four years after independence,'' Paukstys said through Baublys, who translated from Lithuanian. ''The opportunity for this Zappa statue was also like a trial for the new system and the newly established democracy, if that (was) possible or not.'' Paukstys and Baublys hope for a similar friendly response from Baltimore, where last year Mayor Sheila Dixon proclaimed Aug. 9 as ''Frank Zappa Day.'' Vilnius Mayor Juozas Imbrasas sent a letter to Dixon asking her to accept the gift. ''I hope that replication of the original statue of Frank Zappa in Vilnius and bringing it to Baltimore will perpetuate the memory of one of the greatest artists of the (20th) century,'' Imbrasas wrote. Baublys estimated the cost of creating and shipping the bust at $50,000. The city would be responsible for installation and maintenance at a yet-to-be determined location. He said the project has the blessing of Zappa's widow, Gail, who as head of the Zappa Family Trust has been protective of her late husband's image and music. Gail Zappa's attorney did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment, and an agents for two of Zappa's sons, Dweezil and Ahmet, did not return phone calls. Sterling Clifford, a spokesman for Dixon, said the mayor had no objection to the bust but would defer to the judgment of the public art commission. He noted that Zappa belongs in the pantheon of Baltimore's famously offbeat favorite sons and daughters. ''Like John Waters and a lot of artists we're proud of,'' Clifford said, ''it's a big deal that Frank Zappa is from Baltimore.'' Edited May 7, 2008 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 May 8, 2008 Frank Zappa's widow supports plans for Baltimore bust By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 9:33 a.m. ET BALTIMORE (AP) -- Frank Zappa's widow is on board with plans for a bust of the eccentric rocker in his hometown of Baltimore. Gail Zappa tells The Associated Press that she supports the project, which was spearheaded by Zappa fans from Lithuania. Baltimore's public art commission has accepted the gift of the bronze bust, which will sit atop a stainless steel pole. It's a replica of a bust that went up in 1995 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Zappa writes in an e-mail that the creators of the bust ''have gone about this in the right way, with total respect for the composer.'' She hopes Baltimore will benefit from commemorating its association with her husband along with other famous artists associated with the city such as Upton Sinclair, Edgar Allan Poe and John Waters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 New item in the Zappa shop: Frank Zappa The Torture Never Stops DVD $21.98 Halloween, New York City, 1981 Live at The Palladium edited, performed & music composed & conducted by FZ with Ray White, Steve Vai, Bobby Martin, Tommy Mars, Ed Mann, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman 2 hours with xtras - ratta tat too! I haven't seen a set list yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 2 shows that Halloween night. Lots of stuff from that era, as in You Are What You Is, Drowning Witch and Them or Us. Quite a bit has been released on the "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore," mostly on Vol. 1 & 3 and a bit on 6. The Dub Room Special was a documentary that premiered at the Ritz the following Halloween. Early show: * Chunga's Revenge * You Are What You Is * Mudd Club * The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing * Dumb All Over (YCDTOSA Vol. 1) * Heavenly Bank Account (YCDTOSA Vol. 1) * Suicide Chump (YCDTOSA Vol. 1) * Jumbo Go Away (YCDTOSA Vol. 1) * Envelopes * Drowning Witch * What's New In Baltimore? * Moggio * We're Turning Again * Alien Orifice (parts on YCDTOSA Vol. 6) * Teen-age Prostitute * Flakes (The Dub Room Special!) * Broken Hearts Are For Assholes * The Blue Light * Tinsel Town Rebellion * Yo' Mama * Bobby Brown * City Of Tiny Lites * Strictly Genteel * Dancin' Fool * Whippin' Post (Allman) Late show: * Black Napkins (BTB I: As An Am) * Montana * Easy Meat (The Dub Room Special!) * Society Pages (YCDTOSA Vol. 3) * I'm A Beautiful Guy (YCDTOSA Vol. 3) * Beauty Knows No Pain (YCDTOSA Vol. 3) * Charlie's Enormous Mouth (YCDTOSA Vol. 3) * Fine Girl * Teen-age Wind * Harder Than Your Husband * Bamboozled By Love * Sinister Footwear II * Stevie's Spanking (The Dub Room Special!) * Cocaine Decisions (The Dub Room Special!) * Nig Biz (The Dub Room Special!) * Doreen * Goblin Girl * Black Page #2 (BTB I: As An Am) * Tryin' To Grow A Chin * Strictly Genteel (YCDTOSA Vol. 6) * The Torture Never Stops (BTB I: As An Am) * Joe's Garage * Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? * The Illinois Enema Bandit * King Kong * Auld Lang Syne (Burns) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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7/4 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 (edited) dig the threads...dig the string and horn front line Montanna, Frank Zappa / The Mothers live Aug. 21, 1973. Stockholm, Sweden. Frank Zappa guitar George Duke-keys (lots) Jean-Luc Ponty-violin Ian Underwood-winds,saxes,mini moog Ruth Underwood - percussion,vibes,etc Bruce Fowler-trombone Tom Fowler-bass Ralph Humphrey-drums Edited October 11, 2008 by 7/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 (Moved the post over here) Yep, that is the same band, same year. Italy. Frank Zappa guitar George Duke-keys (lots) Jean-Luc Ponty-violin Ian Underwood-winds,saxes,mini moog Ruth Underwood - percussion,vibes,etc Bruce Fowler-trombone Tom Fowler-bass Ralph Humphrey-drums Those youtube vids are a blast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Apparently there's a Ban the Boots associated with it, Piquantique. I'm not familiar with it, but I'll check it out this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Ah! A video exists - Swedish Sensation (aka Stockholm In Bondage). The concert is amazing, I was watching it this morning and listening to the audio again now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Zappa Wiki Jawaka contains 4,142 articles attempting to record the life, times and music of Frank Zappa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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